Monday, October 12, 2015

Meet Gene Ha (that's Golf Echo November Echo Hotel Alpha), four time Eisner award winning comic book artist and author of Mae. In this episode, Gene shares his story of becoming an artist, inspires us to become goo-goos and invites us to check out the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo.

And while Mae isn't available anywhere yet, we've got a signed copy for one very lucky winner. To be entered to win, e-mail yourchicagopodcast@gmail.com with the subject line "Ha!

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